From the Week of August 3rd – August 9th
1. Plug for last week’s speaker
Last week, we had a great talk with Justin Richie, host of the ExtraEnvironmentalist podcast. Episode #77 is particularly relevant to Alternative Banking’s work.

c. Or perhaps, we should scrap corporate taxes and tax the 0.1%.
Yes, I know it seems crazy but corporate taxes get passed on to consumers and workers. If we really want to tax the 0.1%, we need higher capital gains rates, we need to tax dividends at least as much as earned income (right now it’s taxed about half as much) and a wealth tax would be good, too. All of these are way more effective than a corporate tax, even if we could actually enforce it.

8. Fast-Food Workers Intensify Fight for $15 an Hour
About 1,200 workers from around the country gathered in Illinois at an event largely underwritten by the Service Employees International Union, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is dubious of the union’s intentions.